The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-13
Tho Case of the Chicago Annrchis,s.

Dr. buckley IN Christian Aeroca!e.
Thia Is probably the mos. important
case over tried in this country. 1t Is the
tirs. trial OF men for carrying out to its
logical end tho Anarchist programme.
The ordinary murderer commits his crime
for revenge or gain, or to escape srrest
md hide the evidences of other crimes.
The Anarchist cry, "Down with law and
order; death to judges, police otIiccss;
destruction to tbs church; dom with
capital and property" md all that stand
in their wey, and even the idea Of God.
These men mado speeches. and finally
bomha were thrown, pistols fred, and SOW
oral policemen were killed. They were
Tried in the summer OF 1856 for the mur-
der Of Matthias J.&Degan. May 1, Of tho
srme year, in Chicago. On August 20,
tho jury found Anguat Spies, Michael
schwab, Samuel FielLen, Albert K. Par.
Sons, Adoiph Fischer, George Ensel and
Lonia Lings guilty OF murder, and Sc.
cording to tho law in that State, which
gives the july the right to fix tic puniah-
Insn., they imagined death ns the penalty !;
and by the eamo verdict they found Oecsr
w. Neebe guilty Of murder, and fixed the
penalty Mt fifteen years imprisonment in
The penitensiary. From this verdict the
defendanta sppealed to the Supreme
Court, md great as was the interest in
the decision, while expected, it was in.
creased since it was "handed down."
Tho decision is printed in full in the
Chicago Tribune OF Thursday, September
Is, and fills thirty.lour columns OF fine
print in page twice as large IS these Of
the Christian Advocate. We have read 1t
all and declare it 10 BIZ as interesting ss q
romance, valuable as history, Sc clear as
tho English Language can make It, and ca
convincing ss cless. In the introduction
1t statss the general charge against the De.
Pendants and the law governing the case,
and then examines tho evidence, iaqnir.
ing first into tho! nature Of the bomb. It
was round; 1t WOO exploded by q project.
cd fuse; It's shell was Of composite man.
nfac!ure, and it had upon 1t q small iron
nut. It then requires by whom they
were made, and shows that the jury were
warranted in believing that the bomb
which killed began was ono OF the bombs
inside by tho defendant Lingg. gE;if5
It then aeha, "Why wero tho bombs
made ~ and shows the character and Oh.
jects OF tho association with which the de-
1endants we're connected. Mos. startling
are facts brought forth under this point.
They were all attested during the trial in
tho lower court, but here sppear without
without any adventitioua circumstances
and side iasues which concealed their real
signiicancs- -among Others that, in tho !
spring OF 1856, theye were in tho city Of !
Chicago 5000 armed Socialists, well armed |
with riaes and reyolysrs, hsbituslly drill.
ing and preparing dynamite and bombs
for use. By elaborate quotations from the
speschsa oil all the defendants 1t Ia made
clear that they intended n eooia! reyo!u-
tlon. Tho time Is then fixed for the mas.
sscre, and other practical measures con.
sidsred. The question SIS to2"who threw
,he bomb ia considered at great length,
.ud then, "Were the defendants connect. !